[Enterprise]

"All the bullets were fired from at least one or two feet away." Agreed that a lot of shots can be fired in a short period of time from a semi-auto, but this is essentially face to face in terms of distance. It suggests to me that Wilson held his fire to the point he was in genuine danger of being assaulted again.

[thatjoeguy]

My take:
First line of the NYT article,
“Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed by a police officer”

Nice sensational leading sentence there.

Then:
““In my capacity as the forensic examiner for the New York State Police, I would say, ‘You’re not supposed to shoot so many times,’ ” said Dr. Baden”

Really? If a guy is charging you (assuming here) and the first four don’t stop him (four in the arm, two in the head), what do you do? Warn him again?

And finally:
“No matter what conclusions can be drawn from Dr. Baden’s work, Mr. Brown’s death remains marked by shifting and contradictory accounts more than a week after it occurred”

From this very article; “A spokesman for the Ferguson Police Department, Tim Zoll, said the police had not seen a report of the autopsy and therefore had no comment on it.”
And; “The county of St. Louis has conducted an autopsy, and the results have not yet been released.”

So far the Police and the County haven’t given their ‘accounts’ yet so who’s accounts are “shifting and contradictory”?

[william clark]

Angle of entry is going to be very important here. Of course, as we all know, when you’re out to execute someone, several shots to the arm is the way to start.

[dalebert]

Yes..he was trying to avoid killing him.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“(All shots fired from one to two feet away!)”

What a bogus headline!

[TexasRepublic]

Six shots? Dayum. Somebody needs to carry a bigger caliber.

[RockyTx]

when is the funeral?

I am interested in who
will be in attendance.